02-25-2005 Temp:78 Wind:0-10 MVP:Andrews 1981 New Orleans Saints (0-1) 0 0 0 0 0 1981 Atlanta Falcons (1-0) 0 10 7 10 27 2 Atlanta FG Luckhurst 30 (12-55-4:14) 13:36 0-3 2 Atlanta TD Andrews 2 run (Luckhurst) (5-32-1:02) 0:58 0-10 3 TD Atlanta Williams,J 62 yd fumble recovery (Luckhurst) (0-0-0:00) 3: 0-17 4 Atlanta FG Luckhurst 35 (13-62-7:01) 4:48 0-20 4 Atlanta TD Pridemore 32 interception return (Luckhurst) (0-0-0:00) 4:0 0-27 NO Atl First Downs 13 18 Rushes 26-116 43-176 Passes 26-15-191 27-14-125 Sacked 5-36 1-5 Fumble 2 1 Penalties 6-41 6-49 Turnovers 3 1 Time 26:20 33:36 Third Down 3-12 10-18 Fourth Down 0-2 0-0 Net Offense 271 296 Injuries: 1981 New Orleans Saints Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Rogers,G 24 112 4.7 4 5 31 0 Holmes 5 0 48 9.6 0 3 24 0 Wilson,W 1 3 3.0 0 0 3 0 Wilson,W 4 0 43 10.8 0 2 21 0 Holmes 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 Merkens 2 2 23 11.5 0 1 14 0 26 116 4.5 4 5 31 0 Groth 2 1 67 33.5 1 2 44 0 Rogers,G 1 0 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 Hardy 1 0 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 15 3 191 12.7 1 8 55 0 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Manning 26 15 57.7 191 12.7 44 4 1 2 7.7 5 0 0.0 48.7 26 15 57.7 191 12.7 44 4 1 2 7.7 5 0 0.0 48.7 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Ricardo 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Erxleben 7 305 52 3 0 1 3 20 32.1 43.6 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Wilson,W 6 120 20.0 30 0 Groth 5 0 61 12.2 17 0 6 120 20.0 30 0 5 0 61 12.2 17 0 Fumbles Manning 1 Rogers,G 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Grooms 1 Moore 1 Kovach 3 Grooms 1 Moore 1 Sturt 1 Grooms 1 Nairne 1 Redd 1 Redd 1 Spivey 1 Tackles Kovach 9 Grooms 5 Waymer 4 Poe 3 Redd 2 Wattel Jackson 8 Moore 5 Myers 3 Boyarsky 3 Bordelon 2 Pelleu Nairne 8 Gary 5 Harris,I 3 Evans 2 Thompson 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Wattelet 1 8 8.0 8 0 1 8 8.0 8 0 1981 Atlanta Falcons Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Andrews 25 102 4.1 1 7 11 1 Andrews 4 0 35 8.8 0 2 13 0 Cain 15 61 4.1 1 3 16 0 Cain 3 0 11 3.7 0 1 7 0 Bartkowski 2 10 5.0 1 0 11 0 Jenkins 3 2 27 9.0 0 1 13 0 Mayberry 1 3 3.0 0 0 3 0 Jackson,A 2 0 32 16.0 0 2 16 0 43 176 4.1 3 10 16 1 Francis 1 0 12 12.0 0 0 12 0 Miller,J 1 0 8 8.0 0 1 8 0 14 2 125 8.9 0 7 72 0 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Bartkowski 27 14 51.9 125 8.9 16 2 0 1 3.7 1 0 0.0 49.2 27 14 51.9 125 8.9 16 2 0 1 3.7 1 0 0.0 49.2 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Luckhurst 3 3 100.0 2 2 100.0 0.0 0.0 35 9 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross James 6 250 56 1 0 1 5 61 28.2 41.7 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Smith,R 1 27 27.0 27 0 Woerner 3 0 20 6.7 9 0 1 27 27.0 27 0 3 0 20 6.7 9 0 Fumbles Andrews 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Smith,D 3 Smith,D 1 Richards 2 Glazebro 1 Smith,D 1 Bryant 1 Richards 1 Williams 2 Yeates 1 Williams 1 Yeates 1 Kuykenda 1 Smith,D 1 Merrow 1 Tackles Richards 12 Glazebro 6 Kuykenda 3 Johnson 2 Merrow 2 Williams 7 Pridemor 5 Musser 2 Butler 2 Yeates 2 Smith,D 6 Gaison 3 Daykin 2 White 2 Curry 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Kuykendal 1 23 23.0 23 0 Pridemore 1 32 32.0 32 1 2 55 27.5 32 1 1st Quarter KO 15:00 NO Wilson,W return of 23 KO-deep 1 10 own25 14:51 NO Rogers,G 10 offtackleR bas-M 1 10 own35 14:12 NO Manning to Holmes 13 S-hitch run-M 1 10 own48 13:34 NO Pen-NO5 pitchR pas-M 1 15 own43 13:34 NO Rogers,G -1 draw dou-sZ 2 16 own42 13:01 NO Rogers,G 6 offtackleL pas-M/Bz1 3 10 own48 12:26 NO Manning to Groth X M-straight pas-Z/Bz1 4 10 own48 12:18 NO Punt Erxleben 52,Woerner 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own20 12:12 Atl Andrews 4 offtackleL run-M 2 6 own24 11:34 Atl Bartkowski to Cain 7 S-hitch pas-M 1 10 own31 11:06 Atl Andrews 6 offtackleR pas-M agg 2 4 own37 10:28 Atl Cain 1 dive run-sZ 3 3 own38 9:58 Atl Bartkowski to Miller,J X S-slant key-Z 4 3 own38 9:50 Atl Punt James 41,Groth 17 Pt-deep 1 10 own38 9:46 NO Rogers,G 8 sweepL bas-M 2 2 own46 9:01 NO Holmes 1 draw run-M/Bz1 3 1 own47 8:12 NO Rogers,G -1 dive run-M 4 2 own46 8:03 Penalty Pt-deep 1 10 own9 7:59 Atl Bartkowski to Jackson,A 16 M-out dou-Z 1 10 own25 7:47 Atl Andrews 3 draw pas-Z 2 7 own28 7:00 Atl Bartkowski to Cain 0 Screen dou-Z 3 7 own28 6:18 Atl Bartkowski sacked by Grooms M-seam pas-Z 4 12 own23 5:32 Penalty Pt-deep 4 17 own18 5:28 Atl Punt James 38,Groth 16 Pt-deep 1 10 opp40 5:23 NO Pen-NO10 trapL run-sZ 1 20 50 5:15 NO Rogers,G 8 draw pas-Z 2 12 opp42 4:24 NO Manning to Holmes 4 Screen bas-sM 3 8 opp38 3:41 NO Manning to Wilson,W 7 S-hitch pas-Z/Bz2 4 1 opp31 2:59 NO Rogers,G -1 offtackleL run-Z 1 10 own32 2:50 Atl Pen-NO5 M-straight dou-Z/Bz1 1 5 own37 2:50 Atl Pen-NO5 S-flat bas-Z 1 10 own42 2:50 Atl Bartkowski to Andrews X S-flat pas-M 2 10 own42 2:46 Atl Bartkowski to Andrews X S-slant bas-Z 3 10 own42 2:42 Atl Bartkowski to Jenkins 13 M-straight pas-sM/Bz1 1 10 opp45 1:54 Atl Cain 3 trapR bas-Z dlL 2 7 opp42 1:04 Atl Andrews 6 sweepL key-Z/Bz2 3 1 opp36 0:15 Atl Cain 4 offtackleL run-M 2nd Quarter 1 10 opp32 15:00 Atl Bartkowski to Andrews 3 S-slant pas-Z 2 7 opp29 14:29 Atl Bartkowski to Cain X L-out pas-Z/Bz2 3 7 opp29 14:25 Atl Bartkowski to Jackson,A 16 M-seam pas-M 1 10 opp13 13:53 Atl Bartkowski to Jenkins X M-fade pas-M 2 10 opp13 13:46 Atl Bartkowski to Jenkins X M-slant pas-sM 3 10 opp13 13:39 Atl Bartkowski to Jenkins X M-straight pas-Z 4 10 opp13 13:36 Atl FG Luckhurst 30 good FG 0-3 KO 13:32 NO Wilson,W return of 7 KO-deep 1 10 own16 13:26 NO Rogers,G -2 sweepR run-M 2 12 own14 12:52 NO Manning to Merkens 14 S-hitch dou-Z 1 10 own28 12:12 NO Manning to Groth 44 L-cross run-sM 1 10 opp28 11:58 NO Rogers,G 2 offtackleL run-Z/Bz1 2 8 opp26 11:18 NO Rogers,G 2 draw pas-sZ 3 6 opp24 10:40 NO Manning sacked by Yeates Fm S-hitch pas-M 4 11 opp29 10:12 NO FG Ricardo 46 no good FG 1 10 own29 10:07 Atl Andrews 5 offtackleL bas-Z 2 5 own34 9:29 Atl Andrews 8 pitchL bas-M 1 10 own42 8:51 Atl Bartkowski to Andrews X S-hitch pas-Z dlL 2 10 own42 8:48 Atl Cain 5 draw pas-Z 3 5 own47 8:15 Atl Bartkowski to Jenkins 4 S-hitch pas-M 4 1 opp49 7:44 Atl Punt James 36,Groth 6 Pt-deep 1 10 own19 7:38 NO Rogers,G 5 pitchR bas-sM 2 5 own24 7:05 NO Rogers,G -2 offtackleR bas-sM 3 7 own22 6:33 NO Manning to Wilson,W X M-seam pas-M/Bz1 4 7 own22 6:24 NO Punt Erxleben 39,Woerner 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own39 6:20 Atl Cain 6 sweepR dou-Z 2 4 own45 5:43 Atl Andrews 2 offtackleL run-M 3 2 own47 5:09 Atl Andrews 2 sweepL run-Z/Bz2 dl 1 10 own49 4:37 Atl Andrews 2 dive run-M/Bz1 dl 2 8 opp49 4:00 Atl Bartkowski to Cain X M-straight run-M/Bz1 3 8 opp49 3:56 Atl Bartkowski to Jenkins X M-out pas-Z agg 4 8 opp49 3:48 Penalty Pt-deep 4 18 own41 3:42 Atl Punt James 37,Groth 11 Pt-deep 1 10 own33 3:37 NO Rogers,G 1 offtackleL run-M 2 9 own34 2:58 NO Rogers,G 6 draw pas-Z 3 3 own40 2:21 NO Manning to Holmes 3 S-flat pas-Z 1 10 own43 2:13 NO Manning to Merkens INT Kuyk M-straight bas-Z/Bz2 1 10 opp32 2:00 Atl Andrews -1 offtackleL pas-M/Bz2 2 11 opp33 1:42 Atl Bartkowski to Jenkins 10 M-out pas-sM 3 1 opp23 1:38 Atl Bartkowski to Andrews 13 S-out run-M 1 10 opp10 1:28 Atl Bartkowski to Andrews 8 S-out pas-Z/Bz1 2 2 opp2 1:06 Atl Andrews 2 TD sweepL bas-M 0-10 KO 0:58 NO Wilson,W return of 30 KO-deep 1 10 own29 0:50 NO Manning to Groth 23 M-out bas-M 1 10 opp48 0:37 NO Manning to Hardy X M-out pas-M 2 10 opp48 0:29 NO Manning to Merkens X M-out pas-Z/Bz2 3 10 opp48 0:22 NO Manning to Merkens X M-out pas-Z/Bz1 4 10 opp48 0:13 Penalty Pt-side 4 20 own42 0:07 NO Punt Erxleben 44,Woerner 6 Pt-deep 1 10 own20 0:01 Atl Andrews 3 dive bas-dM 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 Atl Smith,R return of 27 KO-deep 1 10 own36 14:51 Atl Cain -1 offtackleR run-M 2 11 own35 14:13 Atl Andrews -2 sweepL pas-M 3 13 own33 14:04 Atl Bartkowski 11 M-straight pas-M 4 2 own44 13:22 Atl Punt James 56,Groth 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own20 13:18 NO Manning sacked by Smith,D S-hitch run-M dlO 2 14 own16 12:51 NO Rogers,G 14 draw pas-Z/Bz1 dl 1 10 own30 12:10 NO Rogers,G 31 draw bas-sZ/Bz1 1 10 opp39 11:21 NO Rogers,G 8 pitchR pas-dM 2 2 opp31 10:43 NO Manning to Wilson,W 21 S-slant run-M/Bz2 1 10 opp10 10:04 NO Manning to Wilson,W 4 Screen pas-M/Bz1 dl 2 6 opp6 9:32 NO Rogers,G -4 pitchR bas-Z 3 10 opp10 8:59 NO Manning to Merkens 9 M-out pas-M/Bz2 4 1 opp1 8:28 NO Rogers,G 0 overtop run-sM 1 10 own1 8:20 Atl Andrews 11 offtackleL pas-M agg dl 1 10 own12 7:38 Atl Cain 7 offtackleL pas-M con 2 3 own19 7:06 Atl Andrews 5 dive run-Z/Bz3 1 10 own24 6:30 Atl Andrews 7 offtackleL pas-sM/Bz1 2 3 own31 5:58 Atl Pen-Atl10 sweepL run-Z 2 13 own21 5:50 Atl Bartkowski to Cain 4 Screen pas-M/Bz1 3 9 own25 5:17 Atl Bartkowski to Andrews 11 M-out pas-M/Bz1 1 10 own36 4:42 Atl Andrews 6 draw bas-M 2 4 own42 4:03 Atl Bartkowski to Cain X M-straight bas-M 3 4 own42 3:55 Atl Bartkowski to Jenkins INT W S-out bas-M 1 10 opp35 3:44 NO Rogers,G -4 TD Fmb pitchR run-dM/Bz1 0-17 KO 3:35 NO Wilson,W return of 19 KO-deep 1 10 own17 3:28 NO Manning to Holmes 24 S-hitch bas-M/Bz2 1 10 own41 2:48 NO Rogers,G 1 draw bas-M 2 9 own42 2:14 NO Rogers,G 4 offtackleL dou-sZ 3 5 own46 1:40 NO Rogers,G 13 draw pas-Z/Bz3 1 10 opp41 1:04 NO Manning sacked by Smith,D M-straight pas-dM/Bz1 2 21 own48 0:33 NO Manning to Holmes 4 Screen pas-dM 4th Quarter 3 17 opp48 15:00 NO Manning to Holmes X L-out pas-dZ/Bz2 4 17 opp48 14:56 NO Punt Erxleben 48,Woerner 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own20 14:52 Atl Cain 0 offtackleL run-M 2 10 own20 14:20 Atl Pen-Atl10 draw bas-Z 2 20 own10 14:13 Atl Andrews 8 sweepL bas-dM 3 12 own18 14:04 Atl Bartkowski to Francis X L-hitch bas-dM 4 12 own18 13:59 Atl Punt James 42,Groth 11 Pt-deep 1 10 opp49 13:53 NO Manning to Wilson,W 11 M-seam pas-Z 1 10 opp38 13:20 NO Wilson,W 3 draw bas-M 2 7 opp35 12:48 NO Rogers,G 8 pitchR bas-M/Bz1 1 10 opp27 12:40 NO Manning sacked by Smith,D M-isolate pas-sZ 2 20 opp37 12:07 NO Manning to Hardy X M-out pas-Z dlO 3 20 opp37 12:04 NO Manning to Hardy X L-straight pas-dM 4 20 opp37 11:55 NO Punt Erxleben 37,Woerner 0 Pt-side 1 10 own20 11:49 Atl Andrews 5 dive bas-tZ 2 5 own25 11:12 Atl Cain 4 offtackleL bas-Z 3 1 own29 10:39 Atl Cain 5 offtackleL run-Z 1 10 own34 10:08 Atl Andrews 2 trapL run-dM 2 8 own36 9:31 Atl Cain 16 sweepR run-M 1 10 opp48 9:21 Atl Andrews 8 sweepR bas-dM 2 2 opp40 9:14 Atl Andrews 2 offtackleR run-Z/Bz2 1 10 opp38 8:43 Atl Cain 7 offtackleL bas-M 2 3 opp31 8:05 Atl Andrews 2 Fmb draw run-Z 3 1 opp29 7:24 Atl Andrews 3 offtackleL run-Z 1 10 opp26 6:44 Atl Mayberry 3 offtackleL run-Z 2 7 opp23 6:02 Atl Pen-Atl5 trapR run-M/Bz1 2 12 opp28 6:02 Atl Cain -2 draw bas-Z dlL 3 14 opp30 5:23 Atl Bartkowski to Francis 12 M-seam bas-dZ/Bz1 4 2 opp18 4:48 Atl FG Luckhurst 35 good FG 0-20 KO 4:42 NO Wilson,W return of 12 KO-deep 1 10 own15 4:33 NO Manning to Rogers,G 5 M-out pas-Z/Bz1 2 5 own20 4:16 NO Manning to Hardy INT Pridem M-out pas-M/Bz1 0-27 KO 4:05 NO Wilson,W return of 29 KO-deep 1 10 own25 3:56 NO Manning sacked by Richardso M-out pas-M/Bz1 2 16 own19 3:32 NO Manning to Hardy 5 M-isolate pas-Mo con 3 11 own24 3:10 NO Manning to Groth X M-out pas-Z 4 11 own24 3:06 NO Punt Erxleben 44,Woerner 9 Pt-deep 1 10 own41 3:02 Atl Cain 2 offtackleR run-Z/Bz1 2 8 own43 2:13 Atl Cain 4 draw run-Mi agg 3 4 own47 2:00 Atl Bartkowski to Miller,J 8 S-hitch run-sZ 1 10 opp45 1:17 Atl Andrews 3 offtackleL run-sZ agg 2 7 opp42 0:30 Atl Bartkowski -1 qbkneel run-M agg